The Political Economy of Art: Being the Substance (with Additions) of Two Lectures, Delivered at Manchester, July 10th and 13th, 1857J. Wiley, 1860 - 125 pages |
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Page 114 - Certainly it is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his nadir is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a plain way; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else.
Page 15 - She riseth also while it is yet night and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Page 23 - Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Page 88 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. 12 ^f Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity...
Page 88 - Yea, also, because he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and cannot be satisfied, — Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ' Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his: and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay.
Page 44 - I say further, that as long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long there can be no question at all but that splendour of dress is a crime. In due time, when we have nothing better to set people to work at, it may be right to let them make lace and cut jewels ; but as long as there are any who have no blankets for their beds, and no rags for their bodies, so long it is blanket-making and tailoring we must set people to work at — not lace.
Page 88 - Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people...
Page 88 - Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassion every man to his brother. And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor ; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Page 93 - I tmst that in a little while, there will be few of our rich men who, through carelessness or covetousness, thus forfeit the glorious office which is intended for their hands. I said, just now, that wealth ill-used was as the net of the spider, entangling and destroying : but wealth well used, is as the net of the sacred fisher who gathers souls of men out of the deep. A time will come — I do not think...
Page 42 - Thus, for instance : if you are a young lady, and employ a certain number of sempstresses for a given time, in making a given number of simple and serviceable dresses, suppose, seven ; of which you can wear one yourself for half the winter, and give six away to poor girls who have none, you are spending your money unselfishly. But if you employ the same number of sempstresses for the...